Reed for looms



(No Model.)

M. ASHE.

REED FOR LOOMS.

Patented Aug. 8, 1882'.

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MATHEW ASHE, OF PATERSON, NE\V JERSEY.

REED FOR Looms SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,197,dated August 8, 1882.

Application filed January 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEW Assn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey,have inventeda new and usefullmproveinentiu Reeds for Looms, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming apart thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in reeds, such as are used inlooms for separating the strands of the warp in weaving fabrics, and hasfor its objects the production of a reed in which the separating dents,reeds, or blades are securely held in their several posilions but can,when broken, be replaced by by duplicate blades without disturbing theother separatingblades of the reed. I attain these objects in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a frontview of a section of my improved reed, showing several separating dentsor blades in position in the supportingtubes. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionof the same, and Fig. 3 is a view of one of the tubes, showing thearrangement of the slots therein.

a a representtwo metal tubes, havingsmooth exteriors. One side of eachtube a has slots e formed in it in size and number suitable for the sizeand number of separating dents or blades 0 to be inserted therein.

1) represents a protecting-rod, that is arranged near the ends of thetubes to protect the separating-blades from injury from the shuttle.

(1 represents the filling material in the tubes, which may be of anysoft substance, such as lead, resin, &c.

The separating dents or blades 0 and rods 1) are inserted in the tubes(1- through the slots 6, and when the blades 0 and protecting-rods 4o 0are all suitably arranged in the tubes a the substance used.

melted or fluid state is poured in the ends of the tubes until the tubesat are filled with the The substance thus used in its melted and fluidstate forms itself around the ends of the dents or blades 0 andprotecting-rods l), holding them securely in their several positions.When any of the separatingblades 0 are broken by accident or otherwise,the broken blades can be easily drawn out of the tubes at and dupl'catereeds or blades inserted by simply removing with a sharp instrumentenough of the soft substance from the end of the bed of the broken bladein one of the tubes at to allow the duplicate dent or blade 0 to enter,until the same by being bent can be sprung in the other tube atitsopposite end. The operation of removing a broken blade and inserting aduplicate will occupy but a moment of time.

By this my invention much inconvenience and expense are avoided.

A broken blade in reeds as they are now constructed is attended withconsiderable difficulty in having it replaced,and often unfits the reedfor further use, whereas in my newly-invented reed, theseparating-blades are easily replaced without damage to the reed, andthe tubes a being perfectly smooth the'strands of the warp in theircontact therewith pass without damage.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The reed consisting of the metal tubes 01, having slots 0, the dents orblades 0, and protecting-rods b, the tubes being filled with lead oranalogous substance, (I, substantially as described.

MATHEW ASHE.

Witnesses:

KITTIE INGLIS, J OHN INeLis.

